Stuart Prenatal

Pregnant women need increased folic acid and vitamin A in the safer form of beta-carotene to prevent birth defects. Stuart Prenatal has 800 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid, and 100 percent of its vitamin A (4,000 international units, or IU) is from beta-carotene. Many user reviews acknowledge Stuart Prenatal is expensive, but most say it's worth the cost because of the beta-carotene and because some (but not all) users experience no nausea and find the pills easy to swallow. A few consumer reviews note that their hair and nails grew faster when they took Stuart Prenatal. If you are not pregnant, reviews suggest One-A-Day Women's (*Est. $11.50 for 100 tablets) for premenopausal women because it has 18 mg of iron (women lose iron during menstruation) and 400 mcg of folic acid.

We found no professional reviews of Stuart Prenatal, but ConsumerReports.org's coverage of multivitamins is really all most people need to know -- that you can count on acceptable quality with any brand-name or store-label multivitamins. We found helpful user reviews at NutritionalTree.com, Drugstore.com and Amazon.com, most indicating satisfaction. Not all women experience the same degree of nausea with any multivitamin, however, and your experience may vary.